Quick answers about Waneta
How many people are named Waneta?
An estimated 388 living Americans are named Waneta.
How rare is Waneta?
Waneta fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Waneta?
The median age of a living American named Waneta is approximately 68 years, with most bearers falling between 54 and 78 years old.
Is Waneta still popular?
Not especially. Waneta has been declining since its 1923 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Waneta most common?
Waneta has its strongest geographic signal in Indiana, where it appears 8.7× more often than the national baseline.
1895Peak 19232025
Where it lives now
Waneta is most concentrated in Indiana — about 5.7× the national rate in the 1930s.
States where Waneta is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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